Location: My Basement

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Late Night Picture Show of New Belchertown is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Wild-Eyed Daddy-O with an even hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.299 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous, corrupt government concentrates mainly on Defence, although Law & Order and Commerce are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Hop in the Town Hall Attic. The average income tax rate is 9%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing industries.

The government is well known for declaring war on other countries for suspected slights, organ donation is compulsory, children as young as eight can be found working in factories, and scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. New Belchertown's national animal is the watchhound, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is I Go to a Hot Rod Church, and its currency is the chunk of meat.

New Belchertown is ranked 1st in My Basement and 5,718th in the world for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 5 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and